The Washington critic., 1887-12-16
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
How Mrs. Cleveland Impressed a Phil.
adclpDia Preacher.
THREE EXCELLENT POINTS,
Observance of Christmas Mt Gov
ernor's Isla.id-Scnator Quay's
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~ observer three things about Mrs.
Cleveland sad n Philadelphia pastor,
who had Just returned from the confer
ence of the Evangelical Alliance in
Washington. 81 sat just behind her
during the closing meeting Friday
night, and ] noticed, first tnot Ter
pretty brown bonnet was II one OF the
prevalent four. stor, -and-a-bascmcnt
pattern; secondly, that the three dia-
mond rings, also mentioned in the news
paper descriptions Of Mrs. Clcvclands
toilet, were not worn upon the hand
with which she covered her brow during
prayer time; and the third fact that !
observed was that just after Thano
Miller, the godly and eloquent
blind preacher of Cincinnati, had con
cluded most touching prayer for
the guidance and welfare of the Presi-
lent and the helpmeet whom God had
,Iiven him. two bright tears coursed
slowly down the checks of the first lady
IN the land. These three observations
If mine convinced me, first, that Mrs.
Cleveland wasmorc thoughtful Of others
han is the average female thcatre-gocr;
secondly, that she is less fond of display
ing her jewels than are many ladies in
my own congregation, and thirdly, that
she is woman of vastly more depth of
religious feeling than are many of those
whom it is my duty TO pray for"
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Says the Washington correspondent
of the Philadelphia Press: Senator Quay
has good cause TO be indignant at the
statement, published the other day, that
Senator Davis looks enough like Ben.
Butler to be his son. General Butler is
not considered u beauty, even in Massa-
chusetts, and it isn't three days since the
new Senator from Minnesota came over
to the desk of the new Senator from
PENNSYLVANIA and said: ''See here, Sena-
tor, one or the other of us will have to
wear door-platc around his neck.
Three men have come to me within the
last two hours and called me Quay and
talked PENNSYLVANIA politics with me. ]
didn't want your people to think you
had become stiff and unfriendly since
you've got to be n Senator, and so prom
ised to take one of them up to pass the
evening in an informal way at the
White House and chat with the Presi-
dent about claim he is interested in.
He will call for you this evening. |
hope gave him the right tnumber-l5lS
X street. The next one had a letter of
introduction signed Cooper, and wanted
a job in the Government Printing OF
flee. told him, for you, that he should
have 1t; that the Public Printer had just
sent me blank to FIJI up with the names
of the people wanted appointed, and
his should stand first on the list. The
third fellow rather got me over my head,
but l think / came out all right. He
asked me what l thought the new Wal
lace and Randall deal would amount to
in Pennsylvania, and i told him that
while didn't want him to say anything
as from me, except to some of our own
people, like Wolfe or Singerly or Childs,
it was my private opinion that Wal
lace and Randall were not in Mr..
Blaine's confidence at all. Was that all
rightP 1t seemed to take him by sur
prise" Il guess you were safe enough
about that" said Senator Quay" and |
entirely agree with you that we will
have to wear tags of some sort. Senator
Evarts came to me the other day and
called me Davis, and asked me how our
people were on the tariff" ] told him
stcrnly that there wasn't Republican
in my State who wasn't heartilyin favor
of the most advanced protection policy,
and that the New York importers
need expect no sympathy for their
British schemes from me-" "What
did Evarts say?" asked the Mime
lota senator. ''lTc seemed surprised
ind said he had evidently been misin-
,nrmed. But told him IL he didn't be-
icvc me he could ask my friend, Kelley.
lie made q noic ofthc name and said he
would sec abouiii. | am rather sorry"
added Quay. with one Of his unfathom-
,blc smiles that didn't set him right
tie Stems to have got us mixed again
when lie was selecting the chairman OF
Me Pensions Committee"
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Christmas is olc of the very few days
in the year, says the New York Mai
and Express, when the monotony of /,
common soldiers life in time of peace
is broken. The routine then is changed
the everyday duties ar. all dropped
and n good Christmas dinner is eaten by
ern or Atlantic stations Governor
Island will serve, as IL is the headquar
ters of General Scho6eld and his staff
There are three companies, of thirty
five men each, stationed there. Ever,
day these companies rise with the SUI
and start on the same old round Of po
lice duty, guard mount and drill. Thei
diet is very plain one-a leading item
on their bill OF fare being salt pork-anl
they very rarely see vegetables. Or
Christmas Day all duty except guarC
duty will be suspended. The nine I'm
lu ky men whose turn it is 10 go on dut,
on that day will miss the festivities
The men will have the entire day I,
themselves. In the morning there will
be games and at midday the Christina
dinner. This will consist of roast beef
roast turkey and cranberry sauce, pota
toes, turnips, tomatoes and perhaps SOM
other vegetables, bread and butter, pi
and Christmas pudding and coffee. Ii
the evening the men generally have
iollyt time among themselves in the bar
racks. At Governors Island they vii
have n free and easy concert. Smokingi
allowed, butno drinking. The men will
entertain each other with songs, speeche
and recitations, and they expect TO hav
II very good time. The General and tn
officers will have banquet.
An Interesting Scientific Lecture.
DR.. L. p. Rowland gave an intcrestn
lecture at the Spencerian Business Collcg
last night. The subjects discussed by III
lecturer were photography, electricity an